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20. Of course it's real.

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Which buzzword, phrase, expression, jargon, slang term is "bugging" you right now---political or not... [View all] hlthe2b Mar 30 OP

Bombshell...everything seems to be presented as BOMBSHELL!! MiHale Mar 30 #1

"INFLUENCER"............(ptlui!) some_of_us_are_sane Mar 30 #2

Oh, gawd yes. Not just the "term," but the entire concept.... hlthe2b Mar 30 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 31 #21

How foolish to follow every word of a stranger who self-proclaims expertise as a "Influencer"... hlthe2b Mar 31 #23

It's foolish to follow anyone blindly. only a paper sun Mar 31 #26

No one said education automatically equates to expertise, but lack of education sans equivalent experience hlthe2b Mar 31 #27

A grad-school dropout is chopped liver to you? only a paper sun Mar 31 #30

Drum roll starting now. GP6971 Mar 31 #31

* hlthe2b Mar 31 #33

Sure do. GP6971 Mar 31 #34

psst... hlthe2b Mar 31 #36

Ahhh...she's gone!! I miss her already!! GP6971 Mar 31 #37

Try reading again. I said nothing of the kind. Experience can replace formal education in many many hlthe2b Mar 31 #32

"On the radar!"🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 30 #3

Circle back. yorkster Mar 30 #5

Unprecedented DFW Dem Mar 30 #6

Content creator. cloudbase Mar 30 #7

DOGE nt justaprogressive Mar 30 #8

Secure. Seamless. Connect. Viral. Tetrachloride Mar 30 #9

All the acronyms that get used, mwmisses4289 Mar 30 #10

From NFL and NCAA hoops tournament: "Physicality" lastlib Mar 30 #11

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary LogDog75 Mar 30 #13

Of course it's real. only a paper sun Mar 31 #20

I hate that, too MorbidButterflyTat Mar 31 #42

I'm a geezer and it drives me cra cra when the younger generation end a sentence with an upward inflection. mitch96 Mar 30 #12

Do you want to come with? bif Mar 30 #14

Yes. That's a BIG one with me too. hlthe2b Mar 30 #17

You DO know only a paper sun Mar 31 #22

So? That does not make it less ridiculous. hlthe2b Mar 31 #24

It may sound ridiculous to some. ShazzieB Mar 31 #43

Never heard this until we moved to Illinois in 1994. I grew up in western upstate NY - Rochester 3catwoman3 Apr 1 #45

Well Hello Sunshine!!! GP6971 Mar 31 #25

Actually, Pacific Northwest and texas use it also. mwmisses4289 Mar 31 #28

Cool. only a paper sun Mar 31 #29

It's big here in Michigan bif Apr 2 #47

Yada-Yada-Yada LogDog75 Mar 30 #15

What's the "ask"? bif Mar 30 #16

deep state. idjits pansypoo53219 Mar 30 #18

As a baseball fan, velo 10 Turtle Day Mar 31 #19

If They Want To Have A Shorter Word... ProfessorGAC Mar 31 #35

Except speed and velocity aren't strictly interchangeable LearnedHand Mar 31 #38

We Can Disagree About That ProfessorGAC Mar 31 #41

The word "like" inserted at least every fifth word in a sentence. Folks from ages 10 through 60. LuckyLib Mar 31 #39

"Legacy" MorbidButterflyTat Mar 31 #40

"That's fire" catbyte Apr 1 #44

I intensely dislike the word impactful. 3catwoman3 Apr 1 #46

"Research". "I was doing some research." - "Do your own research!" - "I did my own research!" Aristus Apr 2 #48

lol, likely just google, meaning only the information that Tadpole Raisin Sunday #54

Multiple and Nailed It ArnoldLayne Sunday #49

"Underrated." Morbius Sunday #50

So common when talking about musicians or actors who Tadpole Raisin Sunday #52

"Reaching out" Laffy Kat Sunday #51

"And what not" Tadpole Raisin Sunday #53

Deep dive. Sneederbunk Sunday #55

"Game-changer" Chipper Chat Sunday #56

Right? has gotten to be a bad habit. Frasier Balzov Monday #57

"Heavy lift" nt Bobstandard Monday #58

"Democrats in disarray..." hay rick Monday #59

I find the phrase "right now" annoying Danascot Monday #60

"Curated" ProfessorGAC Monday #61